(1 John 3:2)
God "hath appointed [him] heir of all things". (Hebrews 1:2) These
children of God, members of the body of Christ, are "heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ" in all the glory and honor of his
position.--Romans 8:17.
[507]When Jehovah took away from Israel the right to rule, he promised
to give it to him whose right it is, the great Messiah, when he should
come. (Ezekiel 21:27) Of him the Prophet of God wrote: "And there was
given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations,
and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.... And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the
saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
all dominions shall serve and obey him." (Daniel 7:14,27) To his
disciples Jesus promised that they should share his kingdom, saying, "I
appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye
may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging
the twelve tribes of Israel".--Luke 22:29,30.
[508]As Jesus the bridegroom will be the great King of glory to rule
over the nations, so the members of the body, the bride, the overcomers,
are promised that they with him shall have "power over the nations".
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